--- title: Mowgli picked up some creepers and began to work them in and out, an… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Mowgli picked up some creepers and began to work them in and out, and the monkeys tried to imitate; but in a very few minutes they lost interest and began to pull their friends’ tails or jump up and down on all fours, coughing. Who acts: Mowgli, monkeys. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mowgli, monkeys), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg236:6:12 # text = Mowgli picked up some creepers and began to work them in and out, and the monkeys tried to imitate; but in a very few minutes they lost interest and began to pull their friends’ tails or jump up and down on all fours, coughing. 1 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 creepers creeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 imitate imitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 41 up up ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 down down ADV RB _ 41 conj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 fours four NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 coughing cough VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | past | Mowgli | some creepers | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creeper=Topic | | 2 | **begin** | past | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | creepers *= creeper* | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent they=Material | | 4 | **try** | past | the monkeys | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **imitate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the monkeys *not said here* | | | | | | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lose** | past | monkeys *= monkey* | interest | | | minute | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Eventuality | | 7 | **begin** | past | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **pull** | to-infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | monkeys's friends's tails | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 9 | **jump up** | infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | all fours | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on four=Trajectory | | 10 | **cough** | gerund | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 236 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/13/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/)